POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL AND/OR PROTEIN RESIDUE ANALYSIS AT SITES CA-VEN-477 AND CA-VEN-920, CALIFORNIA

Summary

Two sites in Ventura County, California were sampled for pollen, phytoliths, protein residue, and macrofloral remains. Site CA-VEN-477 appears to have been occupied during the Middle to Late Period (after 1000 B.C.), and was situated on a low knoll overlooking a drainage at the mouth of a canyon. Two pollen, two phytolith, two protein residue, and four macrofloral samples were examined from this site. Pollen, phytolith, and protein residue samples were examined from the wash of a mano and an accompanying soil control sample to identify plants and animals that may have been ground with the mano. Four column samples were examined for macrofloral remains to identify plants that may have grown in the area. Site CA-VEN-920 was a rock shelter occupied during the Late Period. It is represented by three macrofloral column samples to examine prehistoric vegetation and microscopic analysis of remains adhering to a bone scoop to identify whether not this scoop had been used to process datura.

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